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  • Man robs Council Bluffs bank with ax

    WOI-TV Des Moines – 16 mins ago  

    COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Police in Council Bluffs were hunting for a man who robbed a local bank using an ax as his weapon. Police say a white man wearing a long tan coat over a shorter jacket entered the Frontier Bank on 23rd Ave. about 2 p.m. Monday and talked briefly with a teller. Full Story »

  • 2 more swine flu deaths reported in Iowa

    WOI-TV Des Moines – 1 hr 16 mins ago  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting two more swine flu-related deaths in the state. The department reported Monday the deaths of 2 adults - one in Benton County and another in Woodbury County. Full Story »

  • Agency releases report on 36 Iowa tax credits

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 3:19 pm ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A state agency has released a 121-page report outlining dozens of tax credits as part of a review of such programs that will continue this week with meetings in Cedar Rapids and Urbandale. Full Story »

  • Woman jailed for stealing social security funds

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 2:34 pm ET  

    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa City woman received a 6-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to theft of Social Security Income benefits. Full Story »

  • Terra rejects CF's latest hostile takeover bid

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 1:49 pm ET  

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Terra Industries Inc. says its board rejected CF Industries Holdings Inc.'s latest sweetened hostile buyout bid, saying it "continues to substantially undervalue Terra." Full Story »

  • Man sentenced for Labor Day attack

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 1:49 pm ET  

    DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - 1 of 2 brothers arrested in connection with two stabbings during a Labor Day street brawl in Dubuque has been sentenced to seven years prison. Full Story »

  • Iowa fire marshal retires

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 1:19 pm ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Fire Marshal Jim Kenkel has announced plans to retire next year after serving in the post for more than seven years. Full Story »

  • Police: No arrests in store robbery

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 12:49 pm ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines police say they have made no arrests in the robbery of a convenience store. Store clerk Jeremy Schmitz was organizing shelves at a Git-N-Go Convenience Store late Sunday when a man walked in, pulled a gun on him and demanded cash. Full Story »

  • Agency head: Close SE Iowa mental health center

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 11:19 am ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services is recommending closing the mental health institution in Mount Pleasant and moving all services to an Independence facility. Full Story »

  • Arrest made in deadly hit & run in Iowa

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 10:19 am ET  

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police have charged a Sioux City man with vehicular homicide in a hit & run accident that killed another man over the weekend. Full Story »

  • Recommendation coming on Iowa mental health center

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 10:04 am ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services plans to make his recommendation on closing 1 of the state's four mental health institutions. Full Story »

  • Mediacom says e-mail is back

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 9:04 am ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's largest cable provider says e-mail is back. Mediacom Communications Corp. says most of the problems were fixed Sunday, after some customers were without e-mail for three days. Full Story »

  • UI investigates chemistry building illnesses

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 8:49 am ET  

    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - University of Iowa officials continue to search for what's causing faculty, staff and students in the Chemistry Building to feel ill. Full Story »

  • Icy commute for Iowans as temps fall

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 8:19 am ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Freezing drizzle and falling temperatures are causing slick roads and sidewalks across Iowa as the state continues to dig out from last week's blizzard. Full Story »

  • Autopsy set for man in police-involved shooting

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Mon Dec 14, 4:19 am ET  

    DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An autopsy is scheduled for a 54-year-old man who died following a police-involved shooting over the weekend. Julian Cyriel Dekeuninck died Saturday outside the Steeplegate Inn in Davenport. Full Story »

  • Iowa man arrested in crash that killed Neb. man

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 7:19 pm ET  

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police have made an arrest in the death of a Nebraska man who was hit by a car as he crossed a Sioux City street. Twenty-4-year-old Ryan Deming of Sioux City was being held Sunday at a local jail. Full Story »

  • Iowa man identified in police-involved shooting

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 6:19 pm ET  

    DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Authorities in Davenport have identified a 54-year-old man who died following a police-involved shooting. Julian Cyriel Dekeuninck died Saturday outside the Steeplegate Inn in Davenport. Full Story »

  • Iowa man who shot leg in hunting accident recovers

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 3:34 pm ET  

    VINTON, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa man who shot himself while deer hunting is recovering from a leg injury at a Des Moines hospital. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say Ryan Daniel Higdon was re-holstering a handgun Saturday while hunting in Marion County. Full Story »

  • Iowa reviews host of tax credit programs

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 3:04 pm ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Questions about how Iowa managed its tax credit program for filmmakers has drawn plenty of attention, but the cost of similar efforts also have increased, often with limited oversight. Full Story »

  • AP IMPACT: Monsanto seed business role revealed

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 2:04 pm ET  

    ST. LOUIS (AP) - Confidential contracts detailing business practices of a suburban St. Louis-based agricultural giant business practices reveal how Monsanto Co. is protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops. Full Story »

  • 2 dead in Allamakee County car accident

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 11:49 am ET  

    MONONA, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say two people from Wisconsin are dead and three other people are injured after a car accident in Iowa's Allamakee County. Full Story »

  • Company wants to turn fat into fuel at Iowa plant

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sun Dec 13, 10:19 am ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A central Iowa plant could soon begin producing jet fuel from poultry fat. Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences plans to build a $15 million plant in Newton, adding onto an existing biodiesel operation. Full Story »

  • Police charge Council Bluffs man with murder

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sat Dec 12, 10:49 pm ET  

    COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - A Council Bluffs man has been charged with murder in the early morning stabbing death of another man. Police say they charged 20-year-old Terrance Jerrell Burnett with first degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Dustin Jones. Full Story »

  • Audit: Iowa jobs office didn't monitor spending

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sat Dec 12, 6:35 pm ET  

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A state audit alleges that the Iowa Workforce Development failed to track spending for a computer system that handled unemployment insurance taxes. Full Story »

  • Man shoots his own leg while hunting in Iowa

    WOI-TV Des Moines – Sat Dec 12, 5:49 pm ET  

    VINTON, Iowa (AP) - A 34-year-old Iowa man shot himself in the leg while deer hunting in Marion County. Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins says Daniel Higdon was re-holstering a handgun Saturday when the pistol discharged and hit him in the lower leg. Full Story »

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